Peridot Gemstone Jewelry

Peridot is an under appreciated gemstone. Perhaps this has become the case due to the public’s familiarity with low quality, olivey material which is inadequately cut and polished. Admittedly it can look pretty awful, but the lime and apple green stones given custom cuts and polishes are something else again. Historically important sources in Egypt have been superceded by today’s main sources in Arizona and Pakistan.